Merchandise-exhibitor.



No. 826,251. I PATENTED JULY 17, 1906. O. JABGER. MERCHANDISE EXHIBITOR.

Qua Z07 I 0 o- Qfdfye/i APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO JAEGER, OF OGONTZ, PENNSYLVANIA.

' MERCHANDISE-EXHIBITOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed May 10, 1905. Serial No. 259,685.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO J AEGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ogontz, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented a certain new and useful Im- Serial No. 246,243, for arevolving show-case and the object of this invention is to provide anelastic means for securing the articles of merchandise against thecurved surface of the exhibitor.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a horizonal section through my improvedmerchandise-exhibitor; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same, the lowerportion being broken away and shown in section.

A represents the exhibitor, which is preferably semicircular in form,and against the outside curved surface of the same the articles ofmerchandise B are to be held and exhibited. This exhibitor may eitherrevolve within a case, as in my former application, or made with orwithout a case and stationary. At the lower end of the exhibitor is aprojecting annular flange A, upon which the articles of merchandise areadapted to rest. If there are to be several tiers of these articles, oneabove the other, supplementary annular flanges A ma be secured to theoutside surface of the exhibitor, upon which the successive tiers rest.7

In Fig. 2 I have shown an exhibitor in which two tiers of articles areshown.

Extending across the open part of the exhibitor, at the rear thereof,are the tubes C, which tubes are secured at each side to the exhibitor,and thus serve to strengthen the same. D represents springs arrangedwithin the tube, each spring being secured at the center of the tube, asshown at D. The other end of each spring is secured to one end of aflexible cord, chain, tape, or the like, as represented at E, whichextends out of each end of the tube and around the. outside of thearticles of merchandise, as shown in Fig. 1, and the tension of thesprings pulling upon each end of the flexible connection serves to holdthis flexible connection tightly against the articles of merchandise,and thus bind the articles against the curved surface of the exhibitorbut whenever the article is desired to be removed from the exhibitor theflexible connection E will give as the article is ulled out, as shown inFig. 2, and any artic e can thus be removed, and the springs will atonce take up the slack after the article is removed and hold the balanceof the. articles in their respective positions, where, if the holder wasnon-elastic, if a number of the articles were removed the other articleswould be likely to topple over and fall out of the exhibitor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis A merchandise-exhibitor approximately semicircular in form,supporting means carried by the exhibitor, tubes connecting the freeends of the exhibitor and acting as braces therefor, a spring meansarranged Within each tube, and a flexible member having each endextending within a tube, and secured to a spring means, said flexiblemember extending around the exterior surface of the exhibitor.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afhxed my signature in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

OTTO JAEGER.

Witnesses:

MARY E. HAMER, L. W. MoRRIsoN.

